Geoff Shipton

{{short description|Australian swimmer}}

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{{Use Australian English|date=September 2012}}

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| fullname = Geoffrey Lloyd Shipton

| nicknames = "Geoff"

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| strokes = Freestyle

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1941|6|4|df=y}}

| birth_place = Sydney, New South Wales

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| height = {{convert|1.85|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

| weight = {{convert|73|kg|lb|abbr=on}}

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{{MedalSport | Men's swimming}}

{{MedalCountry | Australia}}

{{MedalCompetition | Olympic Games}}

{{MedalSilver | 1960 Rome | 4×100 m medley relay}}

{{Medal|Comp|British Empire and Commonwealth Games}}

{{Medal|Bronze | 1958 Cardiff | 110 yd freestyle}}

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Geoffrey Lloyd Shipton (born 4 June 1941) is an Australian former sprint freestyle swimmer of the 1950s and 1960s, who won a silver medal in the 4×100-metre medley relay at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome.

The New South Welshman combined with David Theile, Neville Hayes and Terry Gathercole to win silver in the 4×100-metre medley relay, behind the United States and in front of Japanese team by just 0.2 of a second, the first time this event had been contested at the Olympics. Shipton had previously won a bronze medal in the 110-yard freestyle at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales, behind fellow Australians John Devitt and Gary Chapman.